Team Europe captain Luke Donald said Thursday that he hadn’t taken a swipe with the US team when the Ryder Cup said “it’s not about prize money or global ranking points.”
This year, US players have won $300,000 each to donate to charities along with a $200,000 salary. Donald’s players have nothing to gain.
“It wasn’t directed at the US,” Donald said. “My speech was directed at my players. I wrote that speech six months ago. It was very consistent where we were standing and what we were playing for. I’m not worried about what the US is doing.”
US Captain Keegan Bradley also revealed what he made on Wednesday. He’s about the Ryder Cup that happened over 25 years ago.
Bradley said he made a “honest mistake” when he said the name of the stubborn European Justin Rose when he meant American Justin Leonard who sunk the 1999 victory putt.
A breach came when Bradley, a young golf fan, was telling the story of how he was near the 17th green in Brookline, Massachusetts, when Leonard made the 45 footer. Except he slipped and said Rose made it.
“Someone said screaming Justin Rose just before I read it,” Bradley said. “I didn’t know until it was done.”
This report uses information from the Associated Press.